Heroin
Subtitle: its history, pharmacology, and treatment
By: Humberto Fernandez and Therissa A. Libby
Contributors: Libby, Therissa A., 1960-
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and updated.
Series: The library of addictive drugs
Publisher: Hazelden
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Center City, Minn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781592858309
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The drug; title: The history of heroin : the discovery of opium and the China trade; title: The history of heroin : heroin in America and the world trade; title: The pharmacology and physiology of heroin use; title: The addict; title: The psychology and culture of the heroin addict; title: Case history : heroin addiction; title: Treatment; title: Treatment for heroin addiction : the behavioral model; title: The politics of methadone maintenance; title: Case histories : methadone maintenance; title: Pharmacological approaches to heroin addiction treatment; title: Society; title: Heroin, the aids epidemic, and hepatitis B and C; title: America's war on drugs; title: Heroin and the criminal justice system in America; title: Heroin, popular culture, and the media; title: Heroin addicts : beyond redemption?.